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Phorm – one year on
By Darren Waters | The controversial targeted advertising firm Phorm is to hold a second open Town Hall meeting, a year after it first met with the public to discuss plans to roll the
Read More »Thai army chief denies existence of secret American prison
Thai army chief General Anupong Paochinda on Wednesday strongly denied reports that a secret United States prison existed in Thailand where suspected terrorists were held. The denial followed a report in the Bangkok Post
Read More »BUSH’S LAWYERS GAVE GREEN LIGHT TO ILLEGAL SPYNG
By Michael Isikoff | In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the Justice Department secretly gave the green light for the U.S. military to attack apartment buildings and office complexes inside the United States,
Read More »The Big Lie of Recession Politics: ‘Shared Sacrifice’
By Shamus Cooke | It’s everywhere you look and in every speech you listen to. Every time a politician or businessmen talks about the recession, an almost in-synch, repetitive mantra can be heard: “Shared
Read More »Guantánamo: The Definitive Prisoner List
By Andy Worthington | I’ve just published the first definitive list of the 779 prisoners held in the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which is available in four parts. Click on the following
Read More »CIA destroyed terror interrogation tapes
By Alex Spillius | The revelation that far more tapes had been destroyed than previously acknowledged came in a letter filed by US government lawyers in New York. The American Civil Liberties Union has
Read More »OLC Authorized Pentagon to Ignore Bill of Rights On U.S. Soil
By Daphne Eviatar | In an October 2001 memo released on Monday, then-Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel John Yoo advised the Pentagon’s top lawyer that the president may not
Read More »Meat workers’ action to hit high streets
By Paul Haste | A THREATENED strike by meat workers fighting to prevent a jobs slaughter could leave Britain’s supermarket shelves empty this Easter. More than 2,300 abattoir workers and meat packers across Britain
Read More »We Came an Inch from Martial Law, Bush Justice Department Memos Reveal
By Matthew Rothschild | It turns out that some of our most paranoid fears about the Bush Administration had a basis in reality. The Bush Justice Department, if you can call it that, issued
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